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Plate Express

Direct Mass Analysis from TLC Plates

Provides simple, automated MS analysis in seconds,

directly from TLC plates

Plate Express™ is a device that provides a simple, automated means of obtaining mass spectra directly from TLC plates, combined with Advion’s expression® compact mass spectrometer (CMS) creating a technique known as TLC/CMS. Using this technique chemists can quickly and confidently identify products even in complex mixtures without additional sample preparation.

Identify spots in

Avoid the risk of overloading the mass spectrometer – TLC spots contain the ideal amount of sample for mass spectrometry

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is a routine, reliable method used in most chemistry laboratories, but traditional visualization techniques give no structural information on the TLC spots. Mass Spectrometry is a powerful technique for identifying spots, but traditional, manual steps involving scraping spots from the plate, extraction in suitable solvents and finally reconstitution in solvent appropriate for injection into the mass spectrometer (MS), make obtaining spectra difficult and time consuming.

The Plate Express is a device that provides a simple, automated means of obtaining mass spectra directly from TLC plates, creating a technique known as TLC/MS. Combined with Advion’s expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS) this becomes TLC/CMS. Using this technique, chemists can quickly and confidently identify products even in complex mixtures without additional sample preparation.

Results in

With the Plate Express TLC plate reader, users can now utilize TLC plates in a fast, efficient way.